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Lamberhurst, St Mary the Blessed Virgin


Details of the Bells

Bell Weight
(most recent)

(Prior to retuning)
Diameter Note Date Founder Canons Retuned
® Treble 4-3-35-0-029" D 1776 Pack & Chapman, Whitechapel Conventional 1925 Gillett & Johnston
® 2 6-0-246-2-1432⅛" C 1779 Pack & Chapman, Whitechapel Conventional 1925 Gillett & Johnston
® 3 6-3-2633⅜" B♭ 1925 Gillett & Johnston, Croydon Flat Never
® 4 8-1-48-3-036⅜" A 1779 Pack & Chapman, Whitechapel Conventional 1925 Gillett & Johnston
® 5 10-2-1911-0-540" G 1779 Pack & Chapman, Whitechapel Conventional 1925 Gillett & Johnston
® Tenor 13-0-1713-3-1643" F 1779 Pack & Chapman, Whitechapel Conventional 1925 Gillett & Johnston

®  - Hung for full circle ringing

Bellframes

Frame Bells Year Maker Material Truss(es) Local
Layout
1 All bells 1925 Gillett & Johnston, Croydon Cast iron
8.3.C.e
6.1

Inscriptions

How the bells are tuned

Earlier bell

Bell DiameterDateFounderRetunedFate
3rd33¼"1779Pack & ChapmanNeverRecast 1925

History

1779 6 bells cast by Pack & Chapman.
1925 3rd recast by Gillett & Johnston who tuned and rehung the remainder in a new cast iron H frame.



Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent Page updated: 1 April 2016